Twist away the gates of steel Unlock the secret voice Give into ancient noise Take a chance a brand new dance Twist away the gates of steel Twist away Now twist and shout The earth, it moves too slow But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel A man is real Not made of steel But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel The beginning was the end Of everything now, The ape regards his tail, He's stuck on it, Repeats until he fails, Half a goon and half a God, A man's not made of steel, Twist away, Now twist and shout, The earth, it moves too slow But the earth is all we know We pay to play the human way Twist away the gates of steel A man is real That's how he feels